fascinating, the time when USSR repressions impressed even Saudis (by watching for example Lawrence of Arabia one can see that life there was a complete opposi

fascinating, the time when USSR repressions impressed even Saudis (by watching for example Lawrence of Arabia one can see that life there was a complete opposite of a cake walk) : "one year later he was recalled to Moscow where he was arrested one year later on the false denunciation. On the 10th of January in 1938 Red Pasha was cut short. Repressions of «Red Pasha» and the follow-up execution made a great impression on representatives of the ruling till now dynasty of the Saudi Arabia Kingdom – diplomatic relations between that country and the USSR were broken off in 1938 after Khakimov’s withdrawal and they were not resumed till the fall of the communist system in the Soviet Union."